CAKERY HEAVEN IS COMING TO FREO!

OMG! Two new cakeries are coming! Lady Albatross cakery in George Street in East Fremantle recently opened, and Aunty Lucy’s Cakery will open in the centre of Fremantle in April, opposite the D’Angelo cafe in High Street, just over the road from Walyalup Koort.

My beautiful mum used to love cake, especially sponge ones with cream filling, but also cream-filled chocolate eclairs, that used to be called Moorkoppen in the Netherlands, until that was no longer deemed politically correct. We also loved yummy vanilla slices, and apple pie.

I can’t wait to visit the new cakeries, because like my mum, I love cakes and sweets, hence my big fat belly.

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FREMANTLE HERALD NEEDS OUR SUPPORT!

I am very worried about the future of the Fremantle Herald, Freo’s only real community newspaper. This weekend again they are asking for donations, as they are clearly struggling to keep their head above the ever rising water.

It is a chicken and the egg situation for our Freo Chook. Readers want to see more editorial content, but the owner need more advertising to be able to publish more pages with Fremantle, Cockburn, Melville and East Fremantle news.

I have always been a fan of the Fremantle Herald, since I believe it is really good to have a local community paper, that can address local issues more detailed, unlike the mainstream media, hence I have been supplying them with my weekly Roel’s Round columns for over a year, without getting payment for it.

As is the case with all our local businesses, we need to support the Herald, or it might not survive. So please advertise in the Chook instead of Perth Now, that is just another one of Kerry Stokes’ publications, with often very little local Freo content. The Fremantle Herald needs and deserves our support, so advertise, donate!

Or maybe we could do crowd funding and buy the Chook. 🥰🥳😍

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BUSY GEORGE STREET FESTIVAL

East Fremantle was buzzing at the George Street Festival this afternoon, with stalls aplenty. There was food, art, fashion, clothing, ceramics, jewellery, community groups, more food, music, etc. and lots of smiles and families. Fun!

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RESCUE THE EAST FREO RIVER ARTY BINS

The Town of East Fremantle has teamed up with East Freo CARG, Richmond Primary School and Friends of the East Fremantle Foreshore to give the Town’s river bins a fresh makeover.

Students from Richmond Primary School poured their creativity into designing two vibrant bin stickers, reminding all visitors to dispose of waste responsibly and protect our river and its incredible wildlife!

The new bin stickers will be installed over the coming days. Looks great. Well done, kids!

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NOMINATE FOR YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL!

Members of the Western Australian community are being urged to consider nominating for the upcoming local government elections to be able to influence the decisions being made that potentially impact the lives of thousands of residents.

Local Government Minister David Michael said, by standing for local council, candidates will make a valuable contribution to local democracy by putting forward policies and highlighting issues they believe are important to them and their community.

A promotional campaign by the Cook Government, in partnership with the WA Local Government Association, will aim to promote diversity in local government representation with the hope it will result in greater involvement of a wider range of candidates from Aboriginal and multicultural backgrounds, as well as young people and people with disability.

The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries has also teamed up with the Youth Affairs Council of WA to conduct a campaign specifically targeting the 18-24 age group to boost the interest of young people in getting involved in local government.

To provide incentives for people to nominate, the local government reform package includes measures to support a diverse range of people who serve on councils, such as new parental leave entitlements, and changes to enable local governments to pay superannuation and educational allowances to council members.

Nominations for the local government elections to be held on 21 October will open on 31 August and close on 7 September 2023.

HISTORIC FREMANTLE PHOTOS CONNECT THE PRESENT TO THE PAST

I love historic photos and am always happy when the WA State Library posts more of them on Facebook, as they did today. It is so important to connect the present to the past.

The photos are top row left of Fremantle’s Market Street, taken from where the railway station is now, and top right the Swan River at East Fremantle.

The bottom left photo is of the Old Women’s Home, which is now the Fremantle Arts Centre, and the right one is of the Hydrodome and shark net at South Beach.

Wonderful photos!

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BOOK YOUR STALL AT THE GEORGE STREET FESTIVAL

It’s time to shine at the award-winning East Fremantle’s George Street Festival. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to showcase your amazing products and services at the festival of the year!

Visit https://marketlife.com.au/ for all details and to submit your application.

But hurry, the clock is ticking! Applications close on Friday 30 June. Don’t let this chance slip away!

HIGH MEDIAN HOUSING PRICES DURING HOUSING CRISIS

The West Australian published the suburbs with the highest median house prices and in the top five of those south of the river are South and East Fremantle.

Number 1 is Applecross, where the median house price, up to April this year, was $ 1.8 million. Second is South Perth with $ 1.79 million, third is East Fremantle with $ .47 million, followed by Attadale, where the median house price is $ 1.45 million, and at number five comes South Fremantle with $ 1.42 million.

That is all nice and good, but we need a whole lot more affordable and social housing, to combat the huge housing crisis WA is in. We also need a very large number of built to rent development.

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EXCITING ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT A SMALL STEP CLOSER

I am stoked that there is progress with the amazing Royal George residential building in East Fremantle. Saracen Properties will be holding a preview on April 19 at 5pm.

They will be building 26 apartments, and that will be pretty exclusive living in the George Street precinct.

One bedroom apartments will cost $ 550.000, two bed are $ 990.000, three beds $ 1.9 million, and four bedrooms will cost the buyers $ 2.8 million.

The building is designed by the Fremantle-based Spaceagency architects.

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POSSIBLE ROYAL GEORGE SALE TO NIGHT OWL

The old Royal George Hotel in the East Fremantle George Street precinct is under offer from the Night Owl Entertainment Group, according to a report in the West Australian today.

The property is owned by the Saracen Property Group, that intends to build an iconic nine-storey residential building behind the Royal George.

Night Owl is running the Flight Club in Perth, and will open a second Flight Club in the Newport Hotel on the Fremantle Cappuccino Strip, due to open on April 14.

If the sale comes through, Night Owl wants to develop it into a cellar restaurant, bar, and it would also have hotel rooms.

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